| Show sr-- r m r w SlDOltS ' cV Roundball roundup 14 Aggie track 17 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February 6 2000 Insido mss stall:: sweet? Ei&ht-i- t s lead USU opens lip with 66-- 5 1 win over NMSU 3-ga- the USU bench totaled 26 points 12 boards and lots of quality minutes against die New Map Utah State needed that kind of performance inasmuch as starters Troy Rolle (1 for 7 five points) Troy Brown (1 for 3 three points) and Dimitri Jorssen (1 for 8 two By Jeff Hunter sports writer The Aggies are halfway home and completely perfect in the Eastern The Division erf the Big West Utah State New Mexico thumped Second-plac- e State 1 Saturday night in front of a spirited crowd of 9264 at the Spectrum Now 0 in conference play for the first time ever and 17-- 3 overall die Aggies lead die New Map (3-- 3 14-ami North Texas (3-- 3 three games in the Eastern Diviby sion with eight games left to (day “We feel good about our situation” USU guard Curtis Bobb said “We’re playing as a team and playing as a team is going to get us somewhere” Saturday’s game was a physical stars meet todayin Toronto for aHtar game Page 1 4 NHL front-runne- rs Sports briefs SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— Despite his selection as a Western Conference reserve Karl Malone doesn't plan to attend die game It remains to be seen whether the e NBA lets the league MVP sit out what would he his 12th appearance The Utah Jazz forward said he doesn’t want to go to Oakland Calif for the Feb 13 game because of recurring injuries to his back and a tendon in the middle finger of his shooting hand “My body needs a break and when the proper time comes I'm going to take Malone said after it” the two-tim- All-St- ar “Coach told me to lock in on defense and your offense wilL come and I just went out and did what he told me to do and my offense started coming” said Bobb who had to leave the game in the second half with a injury but expects to be back on the practice court Monday afternoon Utah State also got plenty of post defense and lots of emotional play from Brennan Ray Morrill said that battle between the longtime Big West rivals but the hosts were just a little tougher and made a couple more shots While both pairs of Aggies shot 41 percent for the game Utah hip-pointe- State pulled down six more rebounds r knocked down four more and hit five more free throws “It was just a slugfest” USU head coach Stew Morrill declared “We the sophomore forward “apologized" knew it was going to be New MexiWe to turn fra his lack of defense in the co State really guards you second half of Thursday’s game and that our they guard guys kept telling but so do we And that first half said “It will never happen again” Ray played against the New Map holy smokes I thought that was as good of a defensive half as we’ve like he really meant what he said had all year long” banging down low with the guests 21 white chipping in with five points with he ended up Although NMSU’s scorer Billy five rebounds and two blocks in 23 leading points Keys totaled just two points in the minutes “If I want to play and contribute I first half and handed out one assist have to play aggressive get rebounds against five turnovers Sophomore Eric Channing added 13 points for and do whatever I can” Ray said Utah State’s Shawn Darnels played the New Mags but NMSU head coach Lou Henson got just two the kind of game which is becoming expected of the junior forward: 17 points out of his bench hand other the on The Aggies got points 10 rebounds and two blocks Rock a huge lift from their reserves After while point contributing a mere five points five touted 13 points and five assists rebounds and very little defense in See AGS on Pap 20 Thursday’s win over North Texas Thursday night’s loss to Milwaukee Malone showed no signs of slowing against the Bucks leading the Jazz with 28 points His agent Dwight Manley said Malone plans to play Utah’s two remaining games break before the Last week Malone gnunMed that he wouldn’t go to Oakland unless he was named a starter in voting by fans He wasn't Malone and John Stockton were All-St- ar chosen Monday by coaches as reserves Saturday's scores Big 5 basketball Utah State 66 New Mexico State 51 UNLV 72 Utah 66 Valparaiso 76 Southern Utah 62 Wv 2) 6) All-St- ar NBA pleased about” Morrill said “We had but we had guys not making shots guys come off the bench and help us” on Bobb stroked a trio of his way to a career-hig- h tying 13 20 minutes of points in a career-lon- g playing time He also came up with three rebounds an assist and a steal while contributing some solid defense 8-- All-St- ar - points) all had off nights on the offensive end of the floor “That’s the thing I was most 66-3- Malone planning to sit out Game me guard-Bernar- - Chariolle 1 10 Washington 102 Atlanta 102 Cleveland 94 Orlando 107 Inrfiana 102 Toronto 98 Milwaukee 95 Minnesota 105 Denver 97 OT Dallas 119 LA CSppers 106 d -- S John WriMnHerald Journal Utah State guard Bernard Rock (10) attempts a layup under pressure from New ' Mexico State forward Aaron Brodt Saturday night at the Spectrum Season ends for Lady On television off the Utes AUTORACING Sun ESPN2 — USRRC 24 Hours of Daytona finish of race at Daytona Fla IdOpjn ESPN2 — NHRA AutoZone Winter-nationa- ls TBA at Pomona CaNf GOLF llOajn TGC — Buycom Tour Florida Classic final round at Gainesville Fla 1pm CBS Pro-A- m ' - PGA Pebble Beach National at Pebble Beach final round Caiif 4 pan 11 MALAD Idaho — As you drive up Interstate 15 a sign appears to welcome travelers into Malad It reads: “Mated where Idaho begins” Well where Idaho begins is where West Side’s season ended Saturday night 1 at the Malad The Pirates fell to Grace High School gym ending West Side’s 1999- 2000 stray without a trip to the state tournament The first time West Side will be absent : 42-4- " ! ESPN — Senior PGA Royal Caribbean Classic final round at Key tope) Biscayne Fla (same-da- y MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ' By Katrina L Morrison sports writer 3pni: ESPN2 — Fordham at SL Bonavenlure pm gO ESPN2 — DePaui at NC Charlotte am ' ABC — Winter Snow VL (live and tape) 7piin ESPN — Winter at at 10-1- 1 it’s been a tough long week fra the West Side boys basketball team Three games in four days is no easy task The Pirates started the stretch off on a bad note in k loss at Preston but certainly ended it right The Pirates downed district foe Aberdeen Friloss back in day night and avenged a JefferWest off January Saturday by knocking With the wins West Side improves 9 son Mt Mt Snow VL : NBA BASKETBALL 11am two-poi- NBC— Miami at New York 1:30 pm NBC — San Antonio at Utah NFL FOOTBALL 3:30 pan ABC — Pro Bowl at Honolulu get-g- ABC— AB-St- ar game before Grace 3 against the Pirates this season scored with three minu tes left in the quarter 1-- nt TENNIS 1230 pm : J 39-3- nl See BOYS on Page 20 Singh soars Woods falters at the Beach J PEBBLE BEACH Calif (AP) — Vijay Singh couldn't care less about (5? The Streak The way he and Tiger VL Woods played Saturday in the Pebble that might Beach National Pro-Anot be an issue much longer 67 White Singh soared to a lead over Notah to take a Begay through two rounds Woods suffered a serious setback in his bid to become the first player since Ben Hogan in 1948 to win six straight PGA Tour events Woods needed a heroic par on the z'' 18th at Spyglass Hill to salvage a 73 which left him eight strokes ' AP photo behind Singh — and no guarantee he’ll have two rounds to make it up Vay Singh hlto too bnl from to and into too cup on too fifth hoi ol to Pobbte "I didn’t shoot myself out of the AT&T Pebble Beach Golf Links for a birtfia during second round play of the Woods said “If there are tournament” lead stroke a one hae Beach National Saturday Singh m Today's quota one-stro- “It is going to feel kind erf strange you've got some of your own players on the other team We’ll find out if it's the coaching or the players responsible for those teams doing well It probably is the players'' — Detroit coach Scotty Bowman who will setfi record by coaching an game in a fifth decade on seeing Red Wings players Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidstrom on opposing Game sides at todays AB-Sta- r AB-St- ar vxmm 1 K Johnsen Utah turned the ball over three times and missed four shots in the final five minutes “The effort was there the focus was there” UNLV head coach Bill Bayno said “Together as a team it was the best it's ever been” 1 at halftime Johnson had 13 The Rebels led run midway in a nine points including the first half through sr ESPN2 — Davis Cup first round deciding match United States vs Zimbabwe at Miami (same-da- y tape) ar f ll-of-- 20 bn the year “We were real disappointed after the Preston game” Pirate coach Lee Ralphs said “But we bounced back Now we are on the right track” " It would certainly appear so West Side has now won four of its last five games Saturday night's contest at Dayton was similar to the Jan 14 meeting with the Panthers going right down to the wire Neither team could build a big enough lead to get comfortable rod it came 7-- 11 Game at Toronto SOCCER - ‘ Pro-A- "W ( 1) See SEASON onPage 17 34-4- ESPN — Women's National Team vs Norway at FL Lauderdale Fla - defeating the Utes Mark Dickel scored 18 points for the Rebels ( 14-- 5 5-- 2 Mountain West) Freshman Dalron Johnson had 17 points with 19 points Alex Jensen ted Utah (17-- 4 6-and 11 rebounds Hanno Mattola added 16 points and Tony Harvey scored 12 Utah which is 0--4 on the road1 trailed most of the game but tied it at 61 with 3:57 remaining: The Rebels didn't get a basket the rest of the game and made only free throws in that span Still it was enough as the Utes could only muster and a late field goal from Jeff Jensen's 9-- NHL HOCKEY 12£Opan 72-6- 8--12 to By Shawn Harrison sports writer MISCELLANEOUS 11 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kaspars Kambala had 20 points and 11 rebounds as UNLV beat a ranked team fra the first time this season downing No 19 Utah 6 Saturday night The Rebels had lost to Top 23 opponents North Carolina Oklahoma State and Cincinnati before West Side boys win again am CBS— Ohio State at Michigan - " from the big dance in six years Grace now takes on Malad Tuesday fra the right to represent the Idaho A-- 3 Fifth District at the state tournament overall to finish the West Side falls to season Grace rises to o even though It was a close one from the West Side took a 2 lead after the first quarter The Pirates scored the first seven points of the two more rounds I still have a chance If there’s one more round I have to shoot low and hope for the best” Singh made several nice par saves in round at Pebble Beach a bogey-fre- e which put him at 133 with a trip to Spyglass — the most difficult of the three courses awaiting him Sunday “I'm not really worried about his streak” Singh said “I'm just going to go out there and try to win the golf tournament Sooner or later See SING11 on Page 20 m r r TV1 iPl mi nil I i iMfrorofroin some- body is going to break that” Begay also played Pebble and had a 68 although his his round of eight birdies and four bogeys was far from the consistency Singh displayed on a day that featured everything the Monterey ' ' |
